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System and method for charging for directed provisioning of user applications on limited-resource devices

US8849242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2002
Grant dateSep 30, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for charging for directed provisioning and using of dynamic content to limited resource devices, through an integrated platform which handles all aspects of aggregation and management of such dynamic content. The integrated platform features a billing system for performing billing actions. The billing system of the present invention interacts with other components of the integrated platform in order to be able to determine the charge for particular triggering events, such as downloading dynamic content, and/or events which are actually triggered by the application itself. The charge is preferably determined according to one of a plurality of rules, as applied by a rules engine of the billing system. These rules are part of a charging policy, which may optionally be determined by the content provider.

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